Spurs could receive more than £300,000 in wages if the midfielder does not recover from an ankle injury he sustained in Denmark’s friendly international against Norway on Friday night.

Ironically, Spurs owe their right to compensation to arch-rivals Arsenal.

During his time as a Gunner Robin van Persie was badly injured playing for Holland against Italy.

Van Persie was sidelined for six months and Arsenal successfully argued that FA’s around the world should pay for injuries sustained in internationals.

Once a player is sidelined for more than a month the compensation factor kicks in.

Eriksen was still in a Copenhagen hospital last night undergoing tests on his ankle, damaged in the hard-fought ‘friendly’ against Norway. Tottenham's medical team fear the player has a severe ankle ligaments injury, which could rule him out for as long as four months.

According to a friend of the £11million summer signing from Ajax, Eriksen has been given pain killers, but is in agony.